Algonquin News

Dance Connection: Ballroom dance club. Singles and couples welcome on Sunday afternoons from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at St.

That's our advice to city of McHenry officials who are about to embark on a new journey of local governance that will give them more authority to make decisions without the potential for state interference or voter approval.

WOODSTOCK – The McHenry County Board rejected an advisory referendum on video gambling, but it will be another month until the board votes on whether to ban it.

* Wallet missing from car: A resident in the 600 block of Littleton Trail told police that someone smashed out the passenger-side window of his car sometime overnight Friday and that a wallet containing cash and credit cards was taken from the vehicle.

Time to go crazy with all of the wonderful costumes - I did a little research and it appears Balloon Boy, the Gosselins, Bernie Madoff, Michael Jackson and characters from "Where the Wild Things Are," will be among the top sellers this time around.

HARVARD – An Algonquin teen is facing a handful of felony charges for allegedly spitting on personnel who responded to an apparent car accident Thursday.

The post office branch on Algonquin's east side may no longer deliver for you. Due to a sharp decline in mail volume that has meant declining revenue, U.S. Postal Service officials are considering merging the branch at 1420 E. Algonquin Road with the village's main post office at 801 W. Algonquin Road.

If you drive in the northern Fox Valley, you're going to heave a sigh of release when you read this.

An Algonquin man was behind bars today on allegations he and an accomplice still on the loose robbed a man at knifepoint of an estimated $500 in marijuana Tuesday during a drug deal gone sour.

The next time you watch "The Godfather," probably the greatest "man's man" movie of all time, pay attention to the oranges.

The severe injuries Carpentersville police officer Jason Caudle suffered in an August 2008 accident would have ended the careers of some lesser officers, veteran cops say.

Jacobs High School in Algonquin is one of 105 high schools statewide chosen to participate in the Illinois Department of Transportation's 2009-2010 Operation Teen Safe Driving program.

Land in downtown Algonquin could be contaminated, officials say. The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and Illinois Department of Transportation officials have found "higher than normal levels" of certain types of volatile organic compounds east of the abandoned Toastmaster factory on Washington Street.

The cause of the school bus accident that seriously injured a 7-year-old boy at Neubert Elementary School in Algonquin remains unknown and may never be clearly determined.

ALGONQUIN – An area of the village's soil and groundwater is under investigation by state and local agencies after a test revealed possible volatile organic compounds.

Two weekends in a row, you can hit the stores along Randall Road for some free Halloween candy.

A 7-year-old was struck by a school bus in Algonquin this morning when the driver left his seat and the bus lurched forward, police say.

A 7-year-old boy suffered 'significant' injuries to both legs Monday morning when he was struck by a school bus just outside a northwest suburban elementary school, fire officials said.

Well, it's official: There will be an outdoors show at the Donald Stephens Convention Center in January.

There is nothing quite like public art. It is ecumenical. It is overt. It makes a statement ... unlike self-aggrandizing graffiti.